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Every year our favorite artist collects his entire body of published works and puts it on display for fans like us to enjoy. John Picacio‘s 2011 body of work was posted to his blog and web site this morning. Naturally the highlight is all twelve images from the 2012 Song of Ice and Fire Calendar [Read it all...] John Picacio’s much anticipated 2012 A Song of Ice and Fire calendar hits North American stores today and we have a sneak preview directly from the source! Picacio worked on this calendar for a year creating twelve gorgeous images of George R.R. Martin’s detailed fantasy world. The calendar from Bantam presents Picacio’s [Read it all...] As anyone who follows this blog knows, we are supporters of the TEXAS in 2013 Worldcon bid to bring the World Science Fiction Convention to San Antonio over Labor Day weekend of 2013. To do that, San Antonio must be chosen by the members of the 2011 World Science Fiction Convention. The WorldCon is a [Read it all...]
John Picacio's cover for Elric: Swords and Roses. Vincent Villafranca's Dogs of War. Two artists with San Antonio ties — John Picacio and Vincent Villafranca — have been nominated for 2011 Chesley Awards. San Antonio resident Picacio, a book illustrator and member of the Missions Unknown editorial staff, was nominated for Best Paperback Illustration [Read it all...] We were quite excited to see over the weekend that John Picacio’s cover to the the eagerly awaited 2012 A Song of Ice and Fire calendar was revealed on author George R.R. Martin’s Not a Blog. While most of the buzz on the internet has justifiably been about HBO’s Game of Thrones series premiering April [Read it all...] Cover art by John Picacio for Lauren Beukes' ZOO CITY (North American edition / Angry Robot Books) Lauren Beukes’ ZOO CITY is one of the most buzzworthy and acclaimed novels of 2010. This week, it finally releases as a mass market paperback in North American bookstores. ZOO CITY is a hardboiled urban fantasy thriller [Read it all...] Cover art by John Picacio for Michael Moorcock's ELRIC: SWORDS AND ROSES (Del Rey) Michael Moorcock’s ELRIC: SWORDS AND ROSES arrives in bookstores today. It’s the sixth and concluding book in Ballantine/Del Rey’s definitive Elric omnibus series. San Antonio’s John Picacio illustrated the cover and interior illustrations for this volume. It’s the third cover [Read it all...] ImagineFX #64 is packed with sf/f art goodness, including an interview with San Antonio's John Picacio. UK-based ImagineFX is one of the preeminent sf/fantasy art magazines on the planet right now, and the Christmas issue, #64, is currently on sale across the US, including San Antonio bookstores. Why should SA sf/f fans care about [Read it all...]
Cover illustration by John Picacio for Robert Silverberg's forthcoming TIMES THREE (Subterranean Press). Available April 2011. Here’s my cover illustration for Subterranean Press‘ TIMES THREE, a collection of novel-length time travel stories by science fiction grandmaster Robert Silverberg. Subterranean unveiled the final cover with typography this week. From the publisher’s website: “These three novels, all [Read it all...] |
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